{"title":"[Asbestos pollution: criticism on methods and experiences in the city of Bari (author's transl)].","authors":"S Napoli","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The author deals with an air sampling and identification technique for asbestos fibers. By means of such technique measurements were made in the city of Bari, where there is also an asbestos-cement manufacturing plant. The obtained results are reported and some critical remarks done.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 5","pages":"148-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12395411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[A survey of work environment of upper-shoe factories. (author's transl)].","authors":"M Scrima, E Cecchini-Cioppi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A research was carried out by the authors in order to asses the environmental, hygienic, microclimatic and risky features of the work environment of some upper-shoe factories, mainly in relation to the onset of polyneuropathy. The close connection between work environment and some noxious chemical compounds is underlined, and the opportunity to set up an organic regulation of the matter, stressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 4","pages":"104-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12329961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Maximal mid-exiratory flow (MMEF) in the evolution of the respiratory functional patter of silicosis. (author's transl)].","authors":"R De Zotti, A Reggiani, A Viola, M Mazzonetto","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A follow up study of VC, FEV and MMEF was performed by the authors in forty silicotic patients, mainly in order to find out if MMEF were more sensitive than VC and FEV 1 IN detecting respiratory function impairment in the follow up of silicosis. In patients with moderate bronchial obstruction, a statistically significant difference was found between themean values of MMEF measured in two different instances: such a finding suggests a greater MMEF reduction in the early stages of silicosis. In 22 subjects with moderate respiratory function impairment (VC and FEV1 less than or equal 40% predicted values), MMEF was found to be, percentually, more decreased than FEV1: the difference was statistically significant. It is therefore concluded that MMEF changes in the follow up examination of silicosis are more sensitive than other functional indexes.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 4","pages":"99-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12329813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Electrocardiographic features and vectorial analysis of cardiac potentials in electric shock-induced ventricular fibrillation (author's transl)].","authors":"F Gobbato, M Bovenzi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors examined the electrocardiographic features of ventricular fibrillation and other ventricular paroxysms induced by electric shock in the guinea pig. The analysis of the electrocardiographic patterns, as well as the vectorial study of the cardiac potentials during repeated episodes of ventricular \"anarchy\" induced in more than forty animals, showed the following data: 1. following electric shock, ventricular paroxysms appear, featuring paroxysmal tachycardia, typical or impure flutter, tachycardia--either \"torsade de pointe\" or \"spindle\" type, and typical ventricular fibrillation. Such different electrocardiographic patterns represent evolutive stages of electric activity disorganization, leading to a complete ventricular \"anarchy\". Such steps may reverse when reorganization of the electric activity and spontaneous defibrillation occur; 2. an attempt can be made at present to classify ventricualr paroxysms, thus eleminating semeiotic and semantic errors, still present in the literature, and providing a standardization of both nomenclature and electrocardiographic interpretation; 3. during fibrillation, the mean ventricular rate decays, featuring an exponential curve. This phenomenon accounts for a metabolic depletion of the myocardium: the higher the number of fibrillation episodes previously induced and subsided (either spontaneously or not) in the same animal, the faster the course of the phenomenon; 4. the vectorial analysis of the fibrillation potentials and, particularly, the graphic construction of \"depolarization\" and \"repolarization\" vectorcardiograms, in the differenttypes or variants of ventricular paroxysms, show that the basic mechanisms leading to ventricular electric activity disgregation are the multiple re-entry and the irregular spreading of the activation front; 5. on the basis of the acquired data, the authors believe that the \"circus movement\" theory (Wiggers) is still the most suitable for explaining the onset and the evolution of ventricualr fibrillation.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 3","pages":"65-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12329960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Toxic polyneuropathy in shoe-industry workers. A longitudinal electromyographic study (author's transl)].","authors":"G Giuliano, O Ronchi, L Rossi, L Focardi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A longitudinal electromyographic study was carried out on fifteen shoe-industry workers (one man and fourteen women) affected with toxic polyneuropathy. The mean values of age, duration of exposure and lenght of the follow-up period were 23.2 years, 4.2 years and 12.2 months, respectively. Twelve subjects (80%) had a sensory-motor involvement of both upper and lower limbs; in the remainder, only the latter were affected. From a clinical standpoint, the polyneuropathy was classified as mild in seven subjects (46.6%), moderate in four (26.7%) and severe in four. On the basis of electromyographic criteria (maximal motor nerve conduction velocity; features of voluntary contraction tracings; existence of spontaneous activity recorded in different points of the same muscle), the polyneuropathy could be defined as mild in two patients (13.3%), moderate in three (20%) and severe in 10 (66.7%). In eight subjects (53.3%) the electromyographic abnormalities disappeared completely, through a gradual improvement in six and alternative phases of improvement and worsening in two. As for the remainder patients (7, viz. 46.6%), improvement and worsening in two. As for the remainder patients (7, viz. 46.6%), four showed a reduction of their electromyographic abnormalities, whereas no significant changes occurred in the last three. The obtained results are discussed and the following conclusions drawn: 1. the lower limbs are mostly affected, both clinically and electromyographically; 2. the clinical symptoms do not parallel the electromyographic findings; 3. the course of the disease appears to be independent of the initial electromyographic pattern; 4. recovery appears to occur in most instances within approximately eighteen months since the onset of symptoms, generally without significant residual deficit. Finally, the role of electromyography in the diagnosis and the follow-up study of the observed toxic polyneuropathy is underlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 2","pages":"35-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12403223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Measurement of \"flow-volume\" curves and \"closing volume\" in occupational medicine. Normal findings in healthy subjects (author's transl)].","authors":"G Pezzagno, M Imbriani, E Capodaglio","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A method is described for measuring, by a single test, some functional respiratory indexes, such as lung volumes, dynamic tests (flow-volume curve included), rapid He and CO2 curves, \"closing volume\". The normal values of \"closing volume\" and of forced expiratory flows obtained in 114 healthy subjects (65 men and 49 women) are then reported. Such values are comparable to those obtained by other authors. An equipment is used by the authors which is easily transportable to the workplace; their method can therefore be used for surveys of workers exposed to occupational respiratory risk during a working shift. The described respiratory index should be able to detect in a pre-clinical stage the early functional changes in chronic bronchitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 2","pages":"42-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12402122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Urinary excretion of hippuric acid in workers exposed to toluene. Recommendation for a group biological standard (mac) (author's transl].","authors":"E De Rosa, M Mazzotta, F Forin, M A Corradini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four groups of workers of the rotogravure, shoe and plastic industries, all exposed to toluene, were studied by the authors. Hippuric acid was measured by a colorimetric method, on urines collected at the end of the work shift. From the obtained results, the authors believe that the biological standard (MAC) for an homogeneous working group could be 1100 mg/liter. Such a threshold, which could however be further revised, ought not to be exceeded; higher toluene concentrations will require technical changes of the working environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 1","pages":"18-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12403222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Epidemiological survey on symptomatology of subject exposed to carbon disulphide (author's transl)].","authors":"S Rizzo, G Franco, T Malamani","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some epidemiological parameters were recorded in a group of 185 workers of a rayon viscose factory. An higher prevalence rate of diseases and an higher relative risk for respiratory, digestive, cardiovascular and nervous morbidity in exposed people were found. In order to put into evidence the existence of chronic CS2 intoxication in non-occupationally CS2-exposed people, the authors suggest to investigate morbidity in people who live near these factories.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"27 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12403221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Guiliano, B Dorigo, C Cavina, V Bartoli, L Focardi
{"title":"[Arteriography findings in vibration vascular disease of upper limbs (\"vibration angiopahty\") (author's transl)].","authors":"G Guiliano, B Dorigo, C Cavina, V Bartoli, L Focardi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A bilateral angiographic study of the upper limbs was carried out under general anaesthesia in a group of 81 subjects--mostly (91.3%) miners--using vibrating tools. The patients' age ranged from 30 to 57 years; the time they worked as vibrating tool operators varied from 5 to 36 years; the duration of symptoms ranged from 3 months to 10 years. The mean values were 46.1, 20.9 and 3.7 years, respectively. Seventy-four subjects (91.3%) complained of Raynaud's-like phenomenon, which in 36 (44.4%) of them was elicited too, although partially, by provocative tests (cold exposure). Angiography was carried out under general anaesthesia maintained with halothane. Bilateral angiograms were available in 61 instances; in the remainder, only either right or left angiograms could be obtained. In all the subjects examined arteriographic lesions were found, mainly represented by organic stenoses and occlusions. The prevalance of such lesions was minimal at the level of the forearm arteries, and maximal at the level of the digital arteries. The 2nd finger, bilaterally, was the most frequently involved; the index finger on either side and the middle one on the right side were the most involved as to severity and extent of lesions. The 1st finger, however, was quite frequently involved too. No definite relationship between prevalance, severity and extent of arterial lesions, on one hand, and some history, clinical and functional parameters (such as age, vibrating tool usage time, smoking habit, hand arterial pattern, pulmonary silicosis, instrumental findings and Raynaud's-like phenomenon), on the other hand, could be established. As to Raynaud's-like phenomenon, it is hypothesized that such a finding could be, at least in part of cases, subsequent to the previous development of organic lesions in the digital arteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":76102,"journal":{"name":"Lavoro umano","volume":"26 6","pages":"161-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15574598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}